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Subject: Re: ports/62302: SIZE in distinfos causes failure with
 FETCH_CMD=wget
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Sergey Matveychuk <sem@ciam.ru> writes:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > I don't think we've ever explicitly supported using a third party
> > application to download files.
> But many people use it this way. Like me.

Why?  What does fetch(1) lack?

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